Sports Briefly...1/16/13

January 16, 2013

Here is the varsity slate of action for county winter sports teams for Wednesday, Jan. 16, through Saturday, Jan. 19:

WEDNESDAY'S SCHEDULE

Article Photos

Times Observer photo by Jonathan McAfoosPush comes to shoveSheffield’s Cameron Retterer comes down with a rebound despite the best efforts of Derrick Nowacki to box him out during a junior high boys basketball game on Tuesday at Beaty Warren Middle School.

Times Observer photo by Jonathan McAfoosSplitting defendersSheffield’s Cameron Retterer (left) and Cody Benjamin can’t stop Beaty’s Noah Becker from splitting between them and tossing up a layup during a junior high boys basketball game on Tuesday at Beaty Warren Middle School.

Morgan Hoffman, left, Mariette Williams

Boys Basketball: Sheffield at Port Allegany, 6 p.m.

Girls Basketball: Port Allegany at Sheffield, 6 p.m.

Eisenhower at AC Valley, 6 p.m.

Wrestling: General McLane at Warren, 6 p.m.

Iroquois at Eisenhower, 6 p.m.

Seneca at Youngsville, 6 p.m.

THURSDAY'S SCHEDULE

Girls Basketball: Warren at Corry, 6 p.m.

Saegertown at Youngsville, 6 p.m.

Wrestling: Cranberry at Sheffield, 6 p.m.

Swimming: Mercyhurst Prep at Warren, 6 p.m.

FRIDAY'S SCHEDULE

Boys Basketball: Warren at Strong Vincent, 6 p.m.

TCCS at Rocky Grove, 6 p.m.

DuBois Central Catholic at Sheffield, 6 p.m.

Maplewood at Eisenhower, 6 p.m.

Youngsville at Cochranton, 6 p.m.

WCCS at French Creek, 7:30 p.m.

Girls Basketball: Sheffield at DuBois Central Catholic, 6 p.m.

WCCS at French Creek, 6 p.m.

Warren vs. Buffalo Cardinal O'Hara, East High School, 7 p.m.

Wrestling: Eisenhower at North East Tournament, 3 p.m.

Youngsville at Burgettstown Tournament, 3 p.m.

SATURDAY'S SCHEDULE

Girls Basketball: Eisenhower at Maplewood, 6 p.m.

Wrestling: Eisenhower at North East Tournament, 10 a.m.

Youngsville at Burgettstown Tournament, 10 a.m.

College news

Warren Area High School graduate and Pitt-Bradford men's basketball player Tyler Fantaskey scored six points for the Panthers during a 74-65 loss to Medaille on Monday. Fantaskey and the Panthers return to action Thursday, hosting Penn State Behrend.

Gymnastics

A pair of Warren County gymnasts represented the Lakewood Starz gymnastics team in the Warren Invitational hosted by the Warren County YMCA on January 4-5. Morgan Hoffman had a first-place finish in the bars during the event.

Here are the complete results for each Warren County gymnast:

Level 6

Age 12-14

All-Around: 5. Mariette Williams 32.80

Vault: 7. Mariette Williams 8.20

Bars: 3. Mariette Williams 8.40

Beam: 6. Mariette Williams 8.70

Floor: 6. Mariette Williams 7.50

Level 8

Ages 16-18

All-Around: 4. Morgan Hoffman 32.75

Vault: 7. Morgan Hoffman 8.40

Bars: 1. Morgan Hoffman 8.20

Beam: Morgan Hoffman 7.50

Floor: 4. Morgan Hoffman 8.65

Mat rankings

Several Warren County wrestlers are included in the latest District 10 Class AA and Class AAA wrestling rankings released this week.

In Dan Albaugh's Class AA rankings, Eisenhower 195-pound senior Jake Johnson is ranked second in D-10 at his weight class. Johnson is also the second ranked wrestler in the PIAA Class AA Northwest Region. 120-pound senior teammate Jeb Fedorchuk is ranked fourth in D-10 and fifth in the Northwest Region.

Youngsville's Jaykup Durlin is ranked third in both the district and Northwest Region in his 220-pound weight class.

According to Rob Coleman's Class AAA rankings, Warren sophomore D.J. Fehlman is ranked first in both District 10 and the Northwest Region. Teammate Alex Streich is ranked second in D-10 at 220 pounds, Chris McNeal is third in D-10 at 182 pounds, Cody Gunn is ranked fourth in D-10 at 160 pounds and Garrett Smead is ranked fourth in D-10 at 152 pounds. Fehlman is the only Warren wrestler ranked in the top four in the Northwest Region.

Youngsville wrestling

The Seneca at Youngsville wrestling match scheduled for Wednesday at Youngsville High School begins with junior high at 6 p.m., followed by varsity.